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Mad Cow disease is a neurological disease. The prions eat away at the brain, which leave tiny holes in the brain. This is just some background information about the cow.

• The disease can be found in the eye, spinal cord, bone marrow, spleen, and tissue from the nervous system
• The cows get the disease when they eat the feed made from infected sheep
• The sheep are infected with scrapie
• This in cows is known as Bovine Spongiform disease

There are some ways that you can contract this disease.

• You could have eaten an infected meat product
• A infected blood transfusion
• The person could just of been born with the disease

There are some symptoms that will show if you have Mad Cow disease.

• The person will start to have muscle spasms, lack of muscle control, and problems with memory
• Then the person starts to have insomnia, depression, confusion, and personality and behavioral changes
• In the final stages of the disease the person falls into a coma and dies

This disease has no cure.

• This disease has no cure to get rid of it
• Once you have contracted it there really isn't anything you can do
• There are some medication that can help with the symptoms

Great Britain had the greatest number of out breaks ever recorded.

There are a few ways to prevent getting Mad Cow disease.

• In stead of eating meat try eating chicken, fish, or become a vegetarian
• Avoid eating or buying meat from areas that have a history of Mad Cow disease
• Meat that is inspected by the FDA is your safest choice
• Final just follow the rules and guidelines set up by the FDA

Mad Cow Disease and Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Diseasework citied Bryce Smith.doc